EM 1059CD
'...Beautiful handmade looking sleeve, the design on the cover appears to have been done with a magic marker. If I was asked what the record sounds like I'd have to say it sounds somewhat like a cross between Fahey and Eno. It has a very sparse, mellow and cosmic vibe to it. Acoustic melodies drift in and out as what sounds like a harp or a zither through a delay pedal, echo, the sounds just hang in the air.' ~ waxidermy
gorgeous proto-new age private press folk strains from 1978, featuring 18 untitled tracks played on owl manner of odd guitars created & built by eaton himself. this was re-ished by EM a few years ago to like zero acclaim, which is a shame. some of the vibes are not unlike laraaji's celestial vibration in places, which coincidentally enuff came out the same year. i think optimism must've just been in the air for some cats, blissfully ignorant of how nightmarish the 80's would really become for hippies. the liner notes [thoughtfully incruded] are a thing of beauty in themselves, as billy endearingly traces his trajectory from playing guitar along to CSN & joni mitchell, to living out in the wilderness & finally discovering his passion for the intricacies of wood patterns & instrument building. in fact he is now a legit instrument maker. nice bio just hither
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